Category: Trains

“Hallucinogenic” 200-metre-long black-and-white-striped path leading to Ostrava-Svinov railway station continues to divide opinion, six years after its creation (Denik) [Social Media Post] 0

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“Hallucinogenic” 200-metre-long black-and-white-striped path leading to Ostrava-Svinov railway station continues to divide opinion, six years after its creation (Denik) [Social Media Post]

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Ceske drahy train from Pardubice to Havlickuv Brod runs out of diesel between stations, in forest on the Pardubice Region/Vysocina Region border; second locomotive pulls train back to Hlinsko station 30 minutes later, and passengers are transferred to replacement bus service; CD spokesman blames driver error (iDNES) [Social Media Post] 0

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Ceske drahy train from Pardubice to Havlickuv Brod runs out of diesel between stations, in forest on the Pardubice Region/Vysocina Region border; second locomotive pulls train back to Hlinsko station 30 minutes later, and passengers are transferred to replacement bus service; CD spokesman blames driver error (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

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Rozsochy in the Vysocina Region voted winner of 2019’s “Nejkrasnejsi nadrazi” award, honouring the Czech Republic’s most beautiful railway station; Celakovice, Central Bohemia, comes second; Slezke Rudoltice, Moravian-Silesian Region, is third (Seznam) [Social Media Post] 0

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Rozsochy in the Vysocina Region voted winner of 2019’s “Nejkrasnejsi nadrazi” award, honouring the Czech Republic’s most beautiful railway station; Celakovice, Central Bohemia, comes second; Slezke Rudoltice, Moravian-Silesian Region, is third (Seznam) [Social Media Post]

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Photo of wild mushrooms growing on Ceske drahy train operating between Breclav and Znojmo (South Moravian Region) goes viral on social media (Blesk.cz) *edited* [Social Media Post] 0

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Photo of wild mushrooms growing on Ceske drahy train operating between Breclav and Znojmo (South Moravian Region) goes viral on social media (Blesk.cz) *edited* [Social Media Post]

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Cops release video of man who disabled train at Prague 1-Nove Mesto’s Masarykovo nadrazi railway station in August by throwing an iron bar at its current collector from the building’s roof; man’s identity and motive as yet unknown (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post] 0

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Cops release video of man who disabled train at Prague 1-Nove Mesto’s Masarykovo nadrazi railway station in August by throwing an iron bar at its current collector from the building’s roof; man’s identity and motive as yet unknown (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Volkswagen sandwiched between two trams following bizarre accident at intersection of Lazarska street and Spalena street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto; nobody injured (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post] 0

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Volkswagen sandwiched between two trams following bizarre accident at intersection of Lazarska street and Spalena street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto; nobody injured (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Czech Gift Ideas: Watchmaker PRIM produces men’s and women’s watches based on the Ceske drahy railway station clock (PRIM) *edited* [Social Media Post] 0

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Czech Gift Ideas: Watchmaker PRIM produces men’s and women’s watches based on the Ceske drahy railway station clock (PRIM) *edited* [Social Media Post]

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15-year-old boy fighting for life after receiving electric shock while trying to take selfie on mast carrying overhead lines at railway station in Votice, Central Bohemia (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] 0

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15-year-old boy fighting for life after receiving electric shock while trying to take selfie on mast carrying overhead lines at railway station in Votice, Central Bohemia (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Hradec Kralove branch of Tomio Okamura’s far-right SPD party complains on Facebook that “99%” of people on Hradec Kralove-to-Prague train are foreigners, alongside photos of two other passengers; post is deleted less than 24 hours later (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] 0

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Hradec Kralove branch of Tomio Okamura’s far-right SPD party complains on Facebook that “99%” of people on Hradec Kralove-to-Prague train are foreigners, alongside photos of two other passengers; post is deleted less than 24 hours later (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Train hits truck stopped between level-crossing barriers in Prague 10-Uhrineves on Friday; eight people were injured, including the truck’s 68-year-old driver, who’s been charged with an “obecne ohrozeni” (“public threat”) offence (YouTube) [Social Media Post] 0

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Video: Train hits truck stopped between level-crossing barriers in Prague 10-Uhrineves on Friday; eight people were injured, including the truck’s 68-year-old driver, who’s been charged with an “obecne ohrozeni” (“public threat”) offence (YouTube) [Social Media Post]

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